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CISG-online number
108
Case name
Coke case I
Jurisdiction
Germany
Court
Oberlandesgericht München (Court of Appeal Munich)
Chamber
7. Zivilsenat (7th panel for civil matters)
Date of decision
02 March 1994
Case nr./docket nr.
7 U 4419/93
Claimant 1
Place of business
Sweden
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Coke case I
Landgericht München I (District Court Munich I)
Germany, 24 May 1993 – 15 HKO 19978/91, CISG-online 96
Present decision
Seller 1
Place of business
Sweden
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
32: Coal, coke and briquettes
Goods as per contract
500 tons of coke (origin: Poland)
Price
116'535.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 25; Art. 30; Art. 49(2)(b); Art. 50; Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 26; Art. 45(1)(b); Art. 49; Art. 53; Art. 58(1); Art. 64; Art. 74; Art. 81
This decision is cited by 3
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Oberlandesgericht Karlsruhe (Court of Appeal Karlsruhe)
Germany, 21 November 2002 – 12 U 111/02, CISG-online 2695
Milk powder case
Oberlandesgericht Dresden (Court of Appeal Dresden)
Germany, 23 October 2000 – 2 U 1181/00, CISG-online 1935
Video recorders case
Landgericht Darmstadt (District Court Darmstadt)
Germany, 09 May 2000 – 10 O 72/00, CISG-online 560
Decision published in 9
Neue Juristische Wochenschrift – Rechtsprechungs-Report (NJW-RR) (1994), 1075–1076 [Full text – in German]
Wirtschaftliche Beratung (WiB) (1994), 611–612 [Full text – in German]
Die deutsche Rechtsprechung auf dem Gebiete des Internationalen Privatrechts (IPRspr) (1994), No. 30, 74–75 [Full text – in German]
Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft (RIW) (1994), 595–597 [Full text – in German]
OLG-Report (OLGR) München (1994), 121 [Leitsatz (headnote) – in German]
Der Betrieb (DB) (1994), 1236 [Leitsatz (headnote) – in German]
Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW) (1995), 31–32 [Full text – in German]
Revue de Droit des Affaires Internationales/International Business Law Journal (RDAI/IBLJ) (1995), 752 [Abstract – in French]
Diritto del Commercio Internazionale (Dir. com. int.) (1995), No. 50, 231 [Abstract – in Italian]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:DE:OLGMUEN:1994:0302.7U4419.93.0A
CLOUT number
83
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
940302g1
Comments on this decision 4
Volker Behr, 'The Sales Convention in Europe: From Problems in Drafting to Problems in Practice', 17 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (1998), 263–299, at 280 [– in English]
Werner Gaus, 'Anmerkung zum Urteil des OLG München vom 2.3.1994 - 7 U 4419/93', Wirtschaftliche Beratung (WiB) (1994), 611–613 [– in German]
Burghard Piltz, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW) (1995), 32 [– in German]
Eshita Vatts, 'Case Comment on Interag Co. Ltd vs Stafford Phase Corp, 2nd instance, 983 F 2d 1047', 2(1) International Journal of Legal Science and Innovation (IJLSI) (2020), 509–512, at 511–512 [– in English]  
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 83 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
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Ruth M. Janal